REVIEW: Nerf Vortex Pyragon

Ah, the Nerf Vortex Pyragon. The Nerf Raider CS-35 ended up being one of my favorite blasters, I would decimate entire teams with the right timing to apply the slam-fire. Would the Pyragon match it in utility, and even outdo it in range and reliability?

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A couple of outdoor games with this, and it is definitely worthy of standing next to the Raider, if not outright overshadowing it. Even the Rampage pales in comparison to what the Nerf Vortex Pyragon brings to the table. It was impressive enough to see in action at the Nerf Elite Hailfire release party earlier this summer, but of course there’s no substitute for having the blaster in-hand 🙂

So let’s get down to it! The Nerf Vortex Pyragon comes with the Pyragon, a 40-disc capacity drum, manual, 40-discs, and your hopes and dreams. No scopes, no stocks, no blast shields. It’s $39.99 at most retailers. Thanks to Nerf, I got a sample. Would I get another one from the store? Most likely 🙂

FUNCTION:It’s comfy. In particular with the lightningstorm stock, as pictured here:

And the foregrip fits nicely for adult hands. Ergonomic is the Pyragon’s middle name, from what I can tell.

The Nerf Vortex Pyragon can be considered the Rampage/Raider/Alpha Trooper of the Vortex line, due to the slamfire capabilities. Advantage to Vortex on this one though, because the slamfire on the Pyragon is smoother, more robust, and more reliable than the slamfire on the N-Strike blasters. Just a cloud of discs all flying at you in a matter of seconds. It’s firepower, it’s elegant, it’s reliable. A winning combination.

The drum is piece of work as well. There’s the stem which serves as the main chamber, but then 4 auxiliary chambers inside the drum. And when one empties, it automatically rotates to the next chamber until empty. That’s why you’ll run out really fast, but maybe not before you tag an entire team with just one drum.

A lot of people liked the Praxis, but the Pyragon has it and the Lumitron beat in spades. What it trades in a little bit of width is more than made up for in reliability and slamfire. Not to mention the drum serves as its own turret mount 🙂

Quick word of warning… use caution if you put the Pyragon drum into a Lumitron or Praxis. I found the priming arm triggered the mag release mechanism and inadvertently dropped my drum a couple of times to the ground because of this. I didn’t have an issue using the drum with a Nitron, but the Nitron does admittedly fire slower than the Pyragon.

Also, I tried attaching a sling to the Pyragon, but it looked a point of attachment was not available on the Nerf Vortex Pyragon. With that much awesome, I’m thinking the design team figured no one would want to carry anything else if they had a Pyragon, hehe.

Range-wise, the Nerf Vortex Pyragon hits pretty much what you’d expect from the Vortex line. I’ll let the video do the talking here.

Anywhere from 50-70’+ depending on angle. I had a slight breeze, which could attribute to the slice my discs were experience. That being said, I was very pleased taking it out onto the field a couple of times and taking care of business. It is still small enough to be mobile even with the large disc drum. I crawled and roadie-ran through a few jungle gyms with it during games and didn’t feel the pinch for mobility at all. The thumb hole in the foregrip feels more secure when holding the blaster, especially when using slamfire. And as proven, it’ll fit grown hands –

Thanks Rogue!

In any event, the Nerf Vortex Pyragon is a solid buy. Between the drum and the improvements over the mechanisms introduced with the Praxis it’s a good upgrade/addition to your playstyle if you favor a heavier hitting kind of mentality with a shock and awe approach to unloading a swarm of discs, or just having a lot of ammo on-hand for surgical strikes. The drum is designed with a lot of nice touches (etched numbers, a snazzy logo) and it’s just satisfying to keep hearing that click when you decide to unload the entire thing. Cleanup is not as much fun, but when is it ever?

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3 Comments

It really depends on what you like to play, they've each got their own particular styling. The Pyragon just feels good and solid, while the Rampage is still a bit awkward with the magazine on the side. BUT the Elite darts tend to have a bit more reliability and accuracy relative to the discs.

The Pyragon drum is solid and does not have many hiccups at all (I've even dropped mine a couple of times) while the Nerf drums might catch itself now and again (though rarely).

Reloading is negligible for either as they use magazines.

If I had to choose based on feel and handling, I'd say a Pyragon. The Rampage is an upgrade Raider for sure, but has some of the issues the Raider did as well (odd handling because of the side-oriented drum is a big one for me) and it favors right-handed users in my opinion.

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